A pyrimidine nucleoside analog that is used mainly in the treatment of leukemia, especially acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia. Cytarabine is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent that inhibits the synthesis of DNA. Its actions are specific for the S phase of the cell cycle. It also has antiviral and immunosuppressant properties. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p472)
For the treatment of acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia and blast phase of chronic myelocytic leukemia.
Cytarabine is indicated in combination with daunorubicin for the treatment of newly-diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) in adults and pediatric patients 1 year and older.
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Saint Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Baylor College of Medicine/Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Clínica Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern, Linz, Austria
Elisabethinen Krankenhaus, Linz, Austria
Universitätsklinikum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Hematology-Oncology and SCT Research Center, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
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